Current Affairs One-liners — 13 December 2025

Sat, 13 Dec 2025

• Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries paid tributes in the Parliament House complex on 13 December 2025 to the security personnel and staff killed in the 13 December 2001 terrorist attack on Parliament.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the closing ceremony of the Bastar Olympics 2025 in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, on 13 December 2025, where 3,91,000 players took part, including more than 700 youths who had given up Naxalism.
• Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi reviewed the 157th Passing Out Parade at the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, on 13 December 2025, where 525 officer cadets and 34 cadets from 14 friendly foreign nations were commissioned.
• The Commission for Air Quality Management invoked all Stage-IV actions of the Graded Response Action Plan across Delhi-NCR on 13 December 2025 after Delhi's average AQI rose to 441 at 6 pm.
• Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw directed on 13 December 2025 that Vande Bharat trains serve local cuisine of the regions they pass through, and said 3.03 crore fake IRCTC user accounts had been deactivated.
• Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia released a commemorative postage stamp marking the 150th anniversary of the Bombay Gymkhana at the club in Mumbai on 13 December 2025.
• The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts held an academic programme, 'Natyashastra – Synthesis of Theory and Praxis', at the Red Fort, Delhi, on 13 December 2025 during the 20th session of UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
• The Ministry of Steel said on 13 December 2025 that Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) sold 12.7 million tonnes in April–November 2025, up 14% from 11.1 million tonnes a year earlier.
• Union Minister of State for Cooperation Krishan Pal Gurjar inaugurated the 4th Cooperative Mela 2025 at AEI Ground, Chandmari, Guwahati, on 13 December 2025.
• Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan reviewed the Combined Graduation Parade at the Air Force Academy, Dundigal, Hyderabad, on 13 December 2025, where 244 flight cadets, including 29 women, were commissioned.
• The Department of Fisheries and the UT Administration held the first-ever Investors' Meet on fisheries and aquaculture in Lakshadweep at Bangaram Island on 13 December 2025, with about ₹519 crore of investment envisaged.